Today in NHL History, Feb 6th

1918: Montreal's Joe Malone extended his goal scoring streak to 14 straight games (which began at the start of the NHL's first season two months earlier) with his 35th goal of the season in a 6-3 Canadiens loss at Ottawa.

1929: Ottawa goalie Alex Connell recorded his 100th NHL career victory as the Senators won 2-1 over the Pirates, at Pittsburgh.

1930: Toronto rookie Charlie Conacher scored his first career hat trick as the Maple Leafs tied 3-3 with the Montreal Maroons.

1932: Maple Leafs' Charlie Conacher set an NHL record for fastest goal from the start of a game, when he scored just seven seconds into a 6-0 win against Boston, in Toronto. Lorne Chabot recorded his 48th career shutout.

1943: Montreal's Elmer Lach had six assists, and Joe Benoit had a goal and four assists as the Canadiens won 8-3 over the visiting Boston Bruins.

1955: Montreal's Maurice Richard scored four goals (his 24th career hat trick) and added an assist to lead the Canadiens to a 7-3 win over the Rangers, at New York.

1956: Former NHL right winger Rob Flockhart born in Sicamous, B.C. Flockhart played in the NHL 1976-77 through 1980-81 with Vancouver and Minnesota.

1964: Terry Sawchuk recorded his final shutout as a Red Wing, when Detroit beat the Black Hawks 4-0 at the Olympia. It was the 96th shutout of Sawchuk's NHL career.

1966: Stan Mikita played with a helmet for the first time in his NHL career, and scored two goals and an assist as Chicago beat Toronto 3-2. Mikita had been cut on the head the night before, in a loss to the Maple Leafs at Toronto.

1971: Boston's Phil Esposito scored a goal and two assists to become the first player in NHL history to score 100 points in a season twice in his career. Esposito's milestone came in Boston's 4-3 win over the Sabres, the Bruins' 19th straight home win.....Chicago's Bobby Hull scored his 26th career NHL hat trick to tie Maurice Richard's record for career three-goal games, as the Black Hawks beat the North Stars 6-2, at Minnesota. Bobby's brother Dennis added two goals and an assist.

1972: Goaltender Tony Esposito recorded his 30th career shutout in the Black Hawks' 5-0 win over the Minnesota North Stars, at Chicago Stadium. Pat Stapleton had four assists to lead the scoring.....Mickey Redmond scored his first career hat trick, and Arnie Brown had four assists to lead the Red Wings to an 8-2 win over the Oakland Seals, at the Olympia in Detroit.....Jim Lorentz scored twice and added two assists in the Sabres' 8-2 win against Boston at the Aud. It was the Sabres' first ever home win against Boston.

1973: Playing his first NHL game at the age of 38, Connie Madigan became the oldest rookie in NHL history, when he suited up for the St. Louis Blues in a 5-1 win over the visiting Vancouver Canucks.

1977: Goaltender Gary Smith recorded his 26th (and final) career shutout (and his only one with Minnesota) in the North Stars' 3-0 win against the Black Hawks at Chicago.

1979: Bobby Orr was named winner of the Lester Patrick Award for his outstanding contribution to hockey in the United States.

1980: Marcel Dionne scored his 100th point of the season for the 4th time in his career, when he picked up an assist in a 7-3 Kings loss to the Whalers, at Hartford.

1981: Edmonton's Wayne Gretzky scored a natural hat trick (the 4th of his career) and added three assists for his 100th point of the season (for the second straight) year as the Oilers won 10-4 over the visiting Winnipeg Jets.....Andre Savard scored his third career hat trick and added an assist, and Danny Gare had two goals and an assist as the Sabres beat Detroit 7-3 at the Aud, to extend their unbeaten streak to 8 games (7-0-1).....Colorado's Lanny McDonald scored three goals and added two assists as the Rockies won 6-4 over the visiting Pittsburgh Penguins. It was the 7th hat trick of McDonald's NHL career.

1983: Red Wings' Ivan Boldirev scored his 300th career NHL goal, and rookie goalie Corado Micalef recorded his second (and final) career shutout as Detroit won 5-3 over the Islanders, at Long Island.

1986: Neal Broten scored his 4th career hat trick and added an assist, and Dino Ciccarelli picked up four assists in the North Stars' 8-7 win against Toronto, in Minnesota.....New Jersey's Peter McNab scored his 350th career NHL goal when the Devils lost 6-4 to the visiting Oilers.....Buffalo's Dave Andreychuk scored a club record five goals and added an assist as the Sabres won 8-6 over the Bruins at Boston. It was the first hat trick of Andreychuk's NHL career.

1987: Mike Bossy became the first player in NHL history to get 30 goals in each of his first 10 seasons, when he scored his 30th of the year for the Islanders in a 3-3 tie against the Oilers at Edmonton.

1988: Brian MacLellan scored his third (and final) career hat trick (and his only one with Minnesota) and added an assist, and Dino Ciccarelli picked up four assists in the North Stars' 8-8 tie against the visiting Winnipeg Jets.

1990: Pittsburgh's Paul Coffey scored a goal and four assists in an 8-7 overtime loss to the Islanders, at the Civic Arena. Also in that game, Islanders' Pat LaFontaine scored three goals and three assists. It was the 6th hat trick of LaFontaine's NHL career.....Brett Hull scored his 50th goal of the season, to become part of the first father-son combo to each score 50 goals in an NHL season. It came in a Blues' 6-4 win over the Maple Leafs, in St. Louis.....Washington's Dino Ciccarelli scored four goals, including a natural hat trick in the second period (his 16th career hat trick), and Mike Ridley had a goal and four assists as the Capitals won 12-2 over the visiting Quebec Nordiques.

1992: Luc Robitaille scored four goals, including a penalty shot goal to help the Kings to a 5-5 tie with the Hartford Whalers, at the Forum. It was the 8th career hat trick for Robitaille.

1993: Mike Gartner scored four goals and an assist (including a first period hat trick) to lead the Wales Conference to a 16-6 win over the Campbells, at the All Star Game in Montreal. Pierre Turgeon had three goals & two assists in the game.

1995: Don Beaupre recorded the first shutout in Ottawa Senators history, with 34 saves in a 3-0 win over the visiting Philadelphia Flyers. It was Beaupre's 16th career shutout, and the Senators' first win of the season (in their 9th game).....Calgary Flames defenseman Phil Housley became the 10th defenseman in NHL history to score 600 career NHL assists, in a 5-4 loss to the Winnipeg Jets.

1996: Dallas Guy Carbonneau appeared in his 1,000th career NHL game, and picked up an assist in a 5-2 Stars' win at St. Louis. Carbonneau became the 108th player in NHL history to play in 1,000 career games.....Bobby Orr was named winner of the Lester Patrick Award for his outstanding contribution to hockey in the United States.

1997: Philadelphia's John LeClair scored four goals (his 5th career hat trick) and added two assists, and Eric Lindros and Mikael Renberg each had a goal and four assists in the Flyers' 9-5 win over the visiting Montreal Canadiens.

1998: Vancouver Canucks obtained Todd Bertuzzi, Bryan McCabe, and a 1998 3rd round draft pick from the New York Islanders in exchange for Trevor Linden.

1999: Anaheim's Fredrik Olausson scored a goal to become the second European-born defenseman to score 500 career NHL points. The milestone came in the Mighty Ducks 4-3 win at St. Louis.

2000: Wayne Gretzky's sweater #99 was officially retired permanently by the NHL, in a pre-game ceremony before the 2000 All-Star Game in Toronto, and Florida's Pavel Bure scored three goals and an assist to lead the World All-Stars to a 9-4 win over the North America Stars. Mark Messier and Ray Bourque set All-Star records with their 13th career assists.

2001: Buffalo's Doug Gilmour recorded his 900th career assist in the Sabres 6-3 win against the Rangers at New York. Gilmour became only the 13th player in NHL history to reach the 900 career assists plateau.